10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAND-BY PASSENGER»
Discover the use of
stand-by passenger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
stand-by passenger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Life Is A Re-Run (A Love Story)
... heard “Stand-by passenger Cullinan, Stand-by Passenger Cullinan.” He was
on his way home. The other five passengers had already boarded. Jack took the
boarding pass, ran to the plane and jumped on the step. At this speed his weight
...
2
Everything for Sale: The Virtues and Limits of Markets
By charging a stand-by passenger seven dollars, the airline would make a dollar
profit. But the airlines would rather fly half-empty than offer last-minute bargains
that might bust their entire pricing strategy. So much for marginal price equaling ...
You are no longer a stand-by passenger in life, waiting for the next person to
come along and make you happy ... at your expense! Once you know who you
are, you will never have to compete for someone else again! Once you embrace
your ...
Michael Lowery, Joshua L Mask, 2013
4
The China-Africa Parallax: A Ryan and Gillian Mystery
Everyone with boarding passes walked through the jet way. Then, the man at the
gate announced, "Pauls? Stand-by passenger Pauls?" A young woman wearing
worn jeans and an oversized tweed sweater approached the gate. She took her ...
5
Flying Off Course: The Economics of International Airlines
... in October 2000 the German charter airline LTU was selling a stand-by return
fare for the two-hour sector Dusseldorf to Pahna in Spain for $1 35 Moreover, it
was flying five flights a day on this sector, thus offering the stand-by passenger a
...
6
Passenger Transportation: Readings Selected from a Marketing ...
As a rule of thumb, we might consider that the added cost to an airline of putting a
stand-by passenger into a seat which would otherwise be empty is about 20
percent of the basic fare. If the passenger in that otherwise empty seat pays half
fare ...
Stanley C. Hollander, 1968
She responded, “I didn't know you were a stand-by passenger! We need your
seat.” She proceeded to de-board me. I sat crying in that little airport for many
hours before they managed to get me on another flight. And that wouldn't be the
only ...
Jane Carole Anderson, 2005
But no reservations for the 1,500—mile flight to the port of Ushuaia, or the 1,000
—mile voyage to Waterboat Point on the Antarc— tic Peninsula. I had to get there
before the last tour ship pulled out in March. As a stand—by passenger in ...
9
Lucado 2in1 (In the Eye of the Storm & Applause of Heaven)
I wasn't terribly late, but I was late enough to be bumped and have my seat given
to a stand-by passenger. When the ticket agent told me that I would have to miss
the flight, I put to work my best persuasive powers. “But the flight hasn't left yet.
10
Travel Tips International: A Guide for the Practical ...
Even with a reservation, you can lose your seat to a stand-by passenger if you
arrive to the gate too late. While lower air fares may be tempting, there are some
disadvantages to flying stand-by. When a flight is cancelled, for example, airlines
...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAND-BY PASSENGER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
stand-by passenger is used in the context of the following news items.
I know from experience the horror of airliner attacks
I was on the flight, as a stand-by passenger, after what seemed then like an exhaustive screening procedure at an airport where security was a watchword. «The Globe and Mail, Jul 14»
Southwest Airlines' Plus-Size Passenger Problems Continue
A Southwest Airlines flight crew is under fire after they removed a 5'4” 110-pound stand-by passenger to make room for an obese ticket-holder who needed a ... «TIME, Jul 10»
